diff --git a/src/net/http/transfer.go b/src/net/http/transfer.go
index 2087ce5587..a400a6abb1 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transfer.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transfer.go
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func readTransfer(msg interface{}, r *bufio.Reader) (err error) {
 	// or close connection when finished, since multipart is not supported yet
 	switch {
 	case chunked(t.TransferEncoding):
-		if noResponseBodyExpected(t.RequestMethod) {
+		if noResponseBodyExpected(t.RequestMethod) || !bodyAllowedForStatus(t.StatusCode) {
 			t.Body = NoBody
 		} else {
 			t.Body = &body{src: internal.NewChunkedReader(r), hdr: msg, r: r, closing: t.Close}
diff --git a/src/net/http/transport_test.go b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
index b838fe9002..31cf917066 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
@@ -4337,3 +4337,25 @@ func doFetchCheckPanic(tr *Transport, req *Request) (res *Response, err error, p
 	res, err = tr.RoundTrip(req)
 	return
 }
+
+// Issue 22330: do not allow the response body to be read when the status code
+// forbids a response body.
+func TestNoBodyOnChunked304Response(t *testing.T) {
+	defer afterTest(t)
+	cst := newClientServerTest(t, h1Mode, HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		conn, buf, _ := w.(Hijacker).Hijack()
+		buf.Write([]byte("HTTP/1.1 304 NOT MODIFIED\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n0\r\n\r\n"))
+		buf.Flush()
+		conn.Close()
+	}))
+	defer cst.close()
+
+	res, err := cst.c.Get(cst.ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if res.Body != NoBody {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected body on 304 response")
+	}
+}